Water Shut Off In The Electrical Box

Well,  today I have no running  water coming out of any faucet in this OLD farm house. I had water earlier this morning to make my coffee...thats good.

 As I was sitting in my room, at my computer desk working, I heard my son say "Mom, could you come in the kitchen?" in a very urgent tone. So, I rushed in to the kitchen and Quentin was standing next to the kitchen sink, with one hand on  the cold water handle of the faucet, with it fully turned to the open position. He was about to cook some rice on the stove which required water, and said, "Have you used the water today?" Yes, I said, and we both did a quick eye contact stare at each other that was quickly followed by the sound of gushing water coming from the basement.. At the same time we both ran to the basement door, opened it and lept down the stairs as quick as possible to see the absentee water from the kitchen,  all over the floor in the basement and witness it rushing out from a brown cylinder shaped container.I started raising my panic stricken voice and said,"Where's the water valve turn off handle?" Well when I saw Quentin reach above the brown cylinder container and opened the electrical panel box while saying that Lonnie had shown him where the shut off switch was. I excitedly say "NO, it cant be in there". But Quentin opened it, with his own intent, and didnt listen to me, as usual, but this time Im glad he didnt listen to me because he flipped a switch which turned the water off. Phew!!  

In the suburbs we don't keep our main water turn off valve in the ELECTRICAL BOX??? We keep it with the Plumbing !Thank God he was home this time! I contacted Lonnie at work and he asked serveral questions and determined that we will just have to wait until he gets home from work so he can assess the problem and repair it, before we have is running water coming out of the faucets. There goes my morning shower until this evening